China News Service, Taiyuan, December 6 (Reporter Li Tingyao) During the flood season of 2021, Shanxi experienced a total of 9 rounds of heavy rainfall.

The reporter learned from the Shanxi Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on December 6 that the province's agricultural insurance services flood prevention and disaster relief. As of November 30, 200 million yuan had been paid in place, benefiting 269,148 rural households.

　　From October 2 to 7, Shanxi saw the strongest autumn flood since the province has meteorological records, with an average rainfall of 119 mm.

　　Shanxi's provincial finance allocated 70 million yuan for emergency disaster relief funds for agricultural production, and actively sought 314 million yuan for central agricultural disaster relief funds, all of which were distributed to cities and counties as soon as possible.

　　In order to speed up the progress of claims settlement, Shanxi Provincial Party Committee Agriculture Office, Shanxi Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanxi Provincial Department of Finance, Shanxi Banking and Insurance Regulatory Bureau and other departments have strengthened contact, information sharing, joint efforts, unified action, and exerted the function of agricultural insurance protection.

　　The Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Shanxi Province has established a working mechanism of “daily dispatch, weekly judgment, and monthly notification”, and successively held the “double reduction and double grab” work conference for agricultural insurance services, and the flood disaster agricultural insurance claim scheduling promotion meeting, and clearly formulated the claims task map. At the end of November, the redemption rate of claims reached more than 90%, and the specific requirements for the redemption rate of claims reached more than 95% on December 10.

Issued the "Notice on Strengthening the Connection and Support of Claim Settlement Services between Agricultural and Rural Departments and Insurance Companies at All Levels" to coordinate the power of the province's agricultural and rural systems and insurance systems, strengthen information sharing, deepen the "three teams" package alliance, point-to-point assistance, organize guidance and participation Ensure that farmers report the case in time, cooperate with the investigation and assessment of damage, issue reports, and follow up and guide farmers to reduce disasters and losses, and rush to harvest and rush to plant.

　　The Department of Finance of Shanxi Province, together with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Shanxi Province, the Forestry and Grassland Bureau of Shanxi Province, and the Shanxi Banking and Insurance Regulatory Bureau, convened a special meeting to actively respond to disasters and accelerate agricultural insurance claims, and issued the "Regarding Further Strengthening the Management of Agricultural Insurance Claims and Actively Responding to Floods" Emergency Notice of Disaster Situation", promptly allocate funds for disaster relief, and point-to-point supervision of funds in place.

The Shanxi Banking and Insurance Regulatory Bureau has repeatedly held a claim settlement supervision meeting with the Shanxi Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs to adhere to the "daily monitoring and weekly supervision" system to clear up the difficulties and speed up the investigation and settlement of claims.

　　As of November 30, Shanxi Province had 5,813 agricultural insurance reports, of which plantation accounted for 98.31%, planting insurance reported an area of ​​1.451 million mu, and the number of aquaculture insurance reports was 1,671, with a total estimated loss of 209 million yuan; the case was closed. 5184 cases were paid, the case settlement rate was 89.18%, the compensation rate was 95.69%, and 200 million yuan had been paid in place, benefiting 269,148 rural households.

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